GCSE Geography for WJEC Specification B Student's Book

Summary:
GCSE Geography for WJEC Specification B is an exciting and motivating course designed to help students develop the abilities required to achieve exam success for the latest WJEC Specification B.

WJEC Specification B is a direct development of the popular Avery Hill course and retains its issue-based, investigative approach to geography based around three themes:
1. Challenges of living in a built environment;
2. People and the natural world interactions;
3. People, work and development.

Each theme includes:
- activities using real-place data, maps, photographs and ICT resources to develop students' geographical investigative and analytical skills
- examination tips to help students avoid common pitfalls, written by a WJEC examiner
- integrated case studies of relevant LEDC and MEDC locations such as Ghana, Mali, Iceland and the UK
- a problem-solving exercise at the end of each theme to help students to develop the skills required for the cross-unit Paper 2 study
- 'Going Further' features to extend students' learning and to to help them to research geography in greater depth

• Single textbook delivering whole specification.
• Written by experienced teachers with contributions from WJEC B examiners.
• Includes exam questions and advice as well as advice and practical examples of geographical skills.
• Graded, skill-building activities using real-place data, maps, photographs, and ICT resources to provide thorough practice in gathering, refining, analysing and evaluating information for investigative purposes.
• Integrated use of case studies for selected MEDC and LEDC locations such as Iceland, Mali and the UK and other areas to highlight concepts or issues. Locations are revisited to help build knowledge of specific parts of the world.
• Examination technique boxes to focus on how to answer standard exam questions, such as describing a distribution, comparing a pair of graphs and using map skills.
• Problem-solving exercises in each unit to develop Paper 2 examination skills.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Photo acknowledgements
Theme 1: Challenges of Living in a Built Environment
Chapter 1 Quality of life and standard of living
Chapter 2 Investigating social patterns where we live
Chapter 3 Investigating access to urban and rural services
Chapter 4 Changing the city
Chapter 5 Planning issues in urban and rural environments
Chapter 6 Urbanisation
Chapter 7 Conflicting demands on Europe's countryside
Chapter 8 Integrated case study: Sustaining rural communities at the edge of Europe
Chapter 9 Problem-solving exercise: Creating sustainable communities in South Africa
Theme 2: People and the Natural World Interactions
Chapter 1 Investigating climate patterns
Chapter 2 Climate change
Chapter 3 Ecosystems
Chapter 4 Water supply
Chapter 5 Drought and desertification
Chapter 6 Flood hazards
Chapter 7 An independent world of water
Chapter 8 Landform processes
Chapter 9 Landforms and people
Chapter 10 Integrated case study: Managing weather hazards in Australia
Chapter 11 Problem-solving exercise: Managing the coastal environment in Essex
Theme 3: People, Work and Development
Chapter 1 Patterns of employment
Chapter 2 Development
Chapter 3 An interdependent world
Chapter 4 Trade and aid
Chapter 5 Location of economic activities
Chapter 6 Multi-national companies and globalisation
Chapter 7 Economic activity and the environment
Chapter 8 Integrate case study: Development and trade in the Solomon Islands
Chapter 9 Problem-solving exercise: Investigating sustainable development in the Galapagos Islands
Glossary
Index

About the Author(s):
Andy Owen is Subject Leader for Geography at Community College, Bishop's Castle, a specialist Humanities college.
Colin Lancaster is a Geography teacher at Community College, Bishop's Castle.
Andy Leeder is a senior examiner and Principal Moderator for Controlled Assessment for the WJEC B Specification.
Jacqui Owen is a postgraduate earth science student at the University of Lancaster.

Contributors:
The 'Examiner's tips' boxes in this book have been evaluated and adapted by Stuart Currie. Stuart is an experienced Avery Hill paper setter.